Ice-cream cabinet



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Aug. H4, i923.

G. G. PETERSON- ICE CREAM CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 @igea Feb JMX/ENTER.'

gary-DENEY Patented Aug.. 14, 1923.

,N l T E T A T GEORGE GRANT PETERSON, OF EAST PROVIDENQE, RHODE ISLAND.

Application 1ed.February 258, 195282. Serial No. 538,603.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, noncn GRANT IE'rnnsoN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at East Providence, in the county of Providence andState of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement inIce-Cream Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

In the usual construction of icecream cabinets there is no provision fortaking care of condensation of moisture in the` walls and bottom of thecabinet. Such cabinets are usually not properly insulated, consequent-lythe cost for ice is excessive and the cream does not keep well, alsothere is no drip-pan to take care of excessive moisture from thecabinet. y

The object of nry invention is to improve the construction of anice-cream cabinet, whereby all the above objectionable featuresenumerated 4are entirely eliminated and a. more perfect ice-creamcabinet produced than has heretofore been done. l

A further object of my invention is to produce an ice-cream cabinet inwhich icecream may be kept harder and longer and in. which the cost forice is reduced to a minimum.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construct-ion of anice-cream cabinet, said ice-cream cabinet having details ofconstruction, as will be moreefully set,forth hereinafter and claimed.

Figure 1 isa top lan View of my-.im proved ice-cream cabinet with partof the cover broken awa-y.

Figure 2 is a front view of the cabinet showing one end in section.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken on line 3, 3, of Figure 2and showing the drip-pan in full.

Figure 4 is an enlar ed detail vertical sectional view of one e taken online 4, 4 of Fi ure 1. v,

igure 5 isan enlarged detail horizontal sectional viewof part of thebottom of the cabinet, and y Figure 6 is an.enlargeddetail horizontalsectional view taken through one corner-,of the cabinet.

In the Vdrawings 7 indicates the body of the cabinet construction asfollows: Four wood corner posts 11, 11 which extend down below thebottom and orm corner legs 12, 12. An upper Wood lframe 13 having aninner inclined edge 14 and a continuous tongue 15 which enters acorresponding contmuous groove 16 inthe body cover 8, as shown in Figure2. The front 17, back 18 and end walls 19,19 are all of the sameconbottom 27 is as follows: A lower layer of wood 28, a layer of paper29, a layer of cork 30, a layer of paper 31, a layer of wood 32, a layerof paper 33, a layer of cork34, a layer of paper 35 and an inner2 lininglayer 36 of sheet metal, as shown in Figure 5, The cork layer 3()extends outward all around into a groove 37, as shown in Figure 2, inthe front, back and end walls. All of the qcork used is preferably inthe form of strips-or bars. The front, back and end walls. are furtherstrengthened by strips of metal 38, 38 as shown in broken lines inFigure 2. These strips 38, 38 extend `cross-v` wise from 4the bottom ofone corner to the top of the opposite corner, inside ofA the outersheathing and are secured at their ends to the corner posts. Slits 39,39, are formed vin the top at the corners, as shown in Figure 1. Thecorners of the cabinet are still further reinforced by outside metalstrengthening members 40, 40, as shown. A drain pipe 41 extends from theinside of the body 7 and connects on the outside with the usual faucet42, as shown in Figure 2.

The body cover 8 fits over the body 7 as shown and has the usualopenings 43, 43 for` access to the ice-cream containers 10, 10 and whichare closed by the usual' individual covers 44, 44.

The drip-pan 9 is shapedto tit around the legs 12, 12 and the bottom 45is shaped to incline towards the center of the pan and towards one end46 of the cabinet whereby vthis end 46 is deeper, as shown in Figures 2and 3. A drain cock 47 is placed at this end 46, for draining' Waterfrom the pan.

When in use the ice-cream'containers 10,

10 are packed in ice, not shown. Condensed moisture in the walls risingby capillary attraction will come out of the corner slits 39, 39 and Howover the inclinededges 14, 14 and down into the cabinet. y excess ofcondensed moisture in the waklls and bottom of the cabinet will flowdownwards and.

drip into the dip-pan 9, from which it may be removed when required,through the drain cock 47. Water is removed from the inside of thecabinet through `the drain-pipe 41 and faucet 42, which may be connectedtoa soil-pipe, if desired.

I do not Wish to confine. myself to the exactl relations of the diferentelements .composingfront, back and end Walls, a cover, said Wallsconsisting of an outer layer of sheet metal, a layer of paper, a layerof cork, a, layer of cement, a layer of cork, a layer of papel', and aninner liningI of Asheet metal, for the purpose as described.

2. An ice-cream cabinet having' a bottom, front, back and side walls, acover, said bottom consisting of a layer of Wood, a layer of paper, alayer of cork, a layer of paper, a layer of Wood, a layer of'paper, alayer of cork, a -layer of paper. and an inner lining of sheet metal,for the purpose as described.

3. An ice-cream cabinet having a bottom., front, back and end walls. acover, said walls consisting of an'outer layer of sheet metal, a layerof paper, a layer of cork, a

as described.

4. An icc-cabinet havingr a bottom, front,

vback and end walls, a cover, said walls consisting of sheet metal,paper, cork and cement and said bottom consisting,r of wood, paper, corkand a sheet metal lining and a drip pan under the bottom and secured iothe cabinet. for theapurpose as described.

5. An icc-cream cabinet having corner legs. a bottom, front, back'andend Walls, cross-wisc metal strengthening stripsin the walls, cornerslits atthe top of the walls which have inclined top edges, a cover.said walls consisting of sheet metal, paper, cork and cement, saidbottom consisting of wood. paper. cork and sheet metal, adi-ip pan urderthe bottom forming a part of' (he cabinet,'sl1aped to fit around thelegs; of' the cabinet and being deeper at one end, means for drawing`Water from the cabinet and means for draining Water from the drippan,for the purpose as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

GEORGE GRANT PETERSON.

